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An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...
Orcas, despite being dolphins, are commonly called 'killer whales' due to a mistranslation of the Spanish 'asesino de ballenas' (literally 'whale killer'), reflecting their historical predation on whales. [7] Since the 1960s, the use of "orca" instead of "killer whale" has steadily grown in common use. [8]
Killer whales have no predators -- except for humans. Documentaries like 'Blackfish' reveal the exploitation behind whale captivity. In the late 1960's, Famous orca Shamu was the whale who set the ...
Serial killer, aka The Molalla Forest Killer [9] Keith Hunter Jesperson: Multiple states: 1990–1995: 8-185: Canadian serial killer [19] Sebastian Shaw: Multiple: 1991–92: 3–13: Vietnam-born serial killer and rapist: Cesar Barone: Portland area: 1991-1993: 4+ Serial killer [20] Todd Alan Reed: Portland: 1999: 3–5: Serial killer and sex ...
The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to the orca ...
Tilikum was the largest orca in captivity. [8] He measured 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in length and weighed about 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg). [9] His pectoral fins were 7 feet (2.1 m) long, his fluke curled under, and his 6.5-foot-tall (2.0 m) dorsal fin was collapsed completely to his left side.
Fewer than 400 individual North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild, and their numbers continue to decline. Oceana , a conservation group based in D.C., has reported numerous collisions ...
Ethelbert was a juvenile orca that surfaced in the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon in October 1931. The orca swam 100 miles (160 km) from the sea up the river. Being a rare sighting that far up the river, many sportsmen grabbed rifles and guns and began to shoot the whale to try and kill it for themselves.